Seed-planter.



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SEED 1LANTER.- AAAAAAAAAAA FILED AUG. 2, 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1909.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

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I lllllll I 2 a I u d 1 J 7 z y liill CHARLES F. WARD, OF WHITEVILLE,NORTH CAROLINA.

SEED-PLANTER.

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Application filed August 2, 1909.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1910.

Serial No. 510,815.

To all w/rom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES F. arn, a citizen of the United States,residing at 1V hiteville, in the county of Columbus and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Planters, of which the following is a specification,'reference being hadto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in seed planters for plantingcorn, beans, peas, and other grain or seed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and practical deviceof this character which may be produced at a small cost and which willbe reliable and eflicient in operation.

Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of theimproved grain or seed planter; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is avertical section taken on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 in Fig. 2;and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the seed hopper and feeding device.

The invention comprises a frame 1 preferably composed of side barsconnected by cross bars and adapted to carry a seed hopper 2 of improvedconstruction. This hopper has a deep rear portion 3 and a shallow frontportion 4, the two portions being separated by an upright partitionplate 5, the lower end of which is spaced from the bottom of the hopper.At the center of the bottom edge of the partition plate 5 is a feednotch or recess 6 through which corn or other grain or seed in the deeprear portion of the hopper is adapted to feed to the grain discharge cupor pocket 7 formed on the end of a forwardly and rearwardly oscillatingarm 8 provided on a rock shaft 9. The latter is journaled in suitablebearings in the side walls of the shallow front portion 4: of the hopperand on one of its ends is a crank arm 10 by means of which it is rockedor oscillated.

The grain or seed cup 7 is lowered into the grain in the portion 4 ofthe hopper and immediately in front of the recess or notch 6 in thepartition plate 5 picks up one or more kernels and throws them forwardlyinto a funnel-shaped receiving member 11 the reduced lower end of whichforms a dis charge tube 12. This tube 1s arranged 1n rear of a furrowopening standard 13 depending from the front portion of the frame, asshown in Fig; 3.

Arranged on the frame and depending therefrom on opposite sides and inrear of the furrow opening arm 13 are covering shovels let, which latterare adapted to cover the grain or seed deposited in the earth by thetube 12.

15 denotes a roller fixed to a transverse shaft or axle 16 journaled inbearings on the side bars of the frame 1 in rear of the hopper andadapted to pack the earth over the deposited seed or grain. On one endof the shaft 16 is a crank arm 17 which is connected by a link or rod 18to the crank arm 10 on the rock shaft 9. The length of the arms 17, and10 are such that as the arm 17 rotates the arm 10 will oscillate,thereby causing the grain or seed cup 7 to be lowered into the grain inthe hopper and then raised or swung forwardly to discharge the grainwhich it picks up, into the funnel-shaped receptacle 11. Any earthadhering to the roller 15 is removed from the same by a scraper blade 18arranged on the rear ends of the side bars of the frame 1, as shown.

If desired, the feed of the grain through the notch or recess 6 in thebottom of the plate 5 may be regulated by a gage plate or board 19 whichis vertically adjustable on the inner face of the partition plate 5.,Said gage plate 19 is formed with a vertical slot 20 to receive a boltor other fastening 21, as more clearly shown in Fig. 3

22 denotes a hook arranged at the front end of the frame for theattachment of a draft tree and 23 denotes handles on the upper rear endsof upwardly and rearwardly inclined handle bars 2%. The latter aresupported by uprights 25 and are connected by a cross bar 26, to whichlatter the rear wall of the hopper 2 is secured by bolts or similarfastenings 27.

In operation, when the hopper 2 is filled with corn or other grain orseed and the machine is drawn forwardly by draft animals attached to thehook or clevis 22, the rotary movement of the roller 15 will be impartedto the rock shaft 9 and the arm 8 on the latter will lower the grain cup7 into the contents of the hopper to pick up one or more seed accordingto the size of said cup and then elevate the same and discharge theminto the funnel-shaped receptacle 11, which latter in turn dischargestheminto the dropping tube 12. The grain or seed will thus be dropped atintervals in the furrow made by the standard 13 and such grain will becovered by the shovels lt and the ground will be packed by the roller 15as the machine advances.

lVhile I have shown and described in detail the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, I wish it understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction set forth since various changes in the form,proportion and arrangements of parts and in the details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

The herein described seed planter comprising a frame, a seed hopperarranged on the frame in a downwardly and forwardly inclined positionand having a deep rear portion and a shallow front portion, the latterhaving an open top and being separated from the deep rear portion by anupright transverse partition, the lower edge of said partition beingspaced from the inclined bottom of the hopper and formed with a recessto provide a discharge opening, a vertically adjustable gage platemounted on said partition and adapted to control the outlet of seedthrough said recess, a transverse rock shaft rotatably 1nount at thefront of the hopper and adapted to receive seed from said grain cup andto discharge it in rear of said furrow opening means, furrow closingmeans upon the intermediate portion of the frame, a transverse shaftjournaled upon the rear portion of the frame, a packing roller fixed tosaid transverse shaft, crank arms upon said transverse shaft and saidrock shaft, and a pitman connecting said crank arms whereby said rockshaft will be actuated from the transverse shaft.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CHARLIE F. \VARD. Witnesses:

J. R. WILLIAMSON, W. Ross DAVIS.

